Project ACHIEVE's Honors

Among Project ACHIEVE's many honors are the following:

Designated as a Model National Program by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration/Center for Substance Abuse Prevention in the U. S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Recipient of the Administrator’s Award for School-Based Mental Health Programs by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the U. S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Designated as a Model National Program by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the U. S. Department of Justice.  Rockville, MD.

Designated as a Model National Program by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, Emotional Learning (CASEL).  Chicago, IL.

Designated as a “Best and Promising Practices Program” by the Western Center for the Application of Preventive Technologies in association with the Oregon Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs. Salem, OR.

Highlighted at the Improving America’s Schools Conference “Creating Safe Schools and Healthy Students Institute.”  Sponsored by the U. S. Department of Education, Tampa, FL.

Highlighted at the Safe and Effective Schools for ALL Children:  What Works! A National Teleconference.  Sponsored by the U. S. Departments of Education and Justice (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention), and the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice at the American Institutes for Research, Washington, D. C. 

Highlighted in Safe, Drug-Free, and Effective Schools for ALL Children:  What Works!  A joint report of the U. S. Department of Education’s Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Office of Special Education Programs. 

Cited as an exemplary program relative to school safety at the White House Conference on School Safety; and highlighted in the U. S. Department of Education/Department of Justice Annual Report on School Safety.

Highlighted in Safe, Drug-Free, and Effective Schools for ALL Children:  What Works!  A joint report of the U. S. Department of Education’s Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Office of Special Education Programs. 

Identified as an effective school reform program by the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice of the American Institutes for Research, Washington, D. C.

Awarded a Metropolitan Life Foundation's Positive Choices:  Youth Anti-Violence Initiatives grant.